Ryan sits down with Pia Leichter…creative director, writer, and creative partner…to unpack what creativity really is…not just art, but how you respond to life. They explore how slowing down creates clarity, why novelty sparks insight, how community shapes genius, and how self awareness turns everyday moments…even a ripe avocado…into a doorway back to agency.

Pia Leichter
Author of Welcome to the Creative Club…Make Your Life Your Biggest Art Project
Creative partner blending coaching with creative direction, strategy, and storytelling.

Big ideas you will hear

• You do not have to create alone
  A book does not require the “lone genius in a cabin” myth…creativity is collaboration…editors, partners, community.

• Creativity is not what you produce…it is how you live Pia reframes creativity as a way of being…a constant creative response to life’s challenges.

• Authenticity is the engine of novelty
  The closer you get to who you are…the more unique your creative expression becomes…in work, relationships, even grocery store energy.
• Slow down to hear what you actually want
  Stopping creates space…space reveals desire…desire reveals direction. Pia names the fear underneath slowing down…because slowing down makes you feel.
• Novelty creates perspective
  Travel, movement, and new people disrupt autopilot…helping you question inherited scripts and reconnect to choice.
• Self awareness is the real access point
  The “save the ripe avocado for tomorrow” story becomes a masterclass…notice the thought…get curious…trace the belief…choose a new pattern.
• Coaching is a creative partnership
  Pia explains how she blends tools…coaching, strategy, storytelling, creative direction…turning the volume up based on what the person needs.